The radio show enjoyed a week off and played a "best of".  This has opened up the opportunity for a topic preview for next Sunday (7/11).   

The State of Florida probably has more drug related deaths in the country due to the influx of narcotics being shipped from the legal drug cartels and distributed by the unscrupulous pain management doctors and pill mills in this state.  I am still waiting for the logic from our state officials on why we need over 1000 registered legal drug dealers in this state who don't cure anything and promulgate dependence, addiction and death.  I still wait for a family member to contact me and tell me that their loved one is better three years after being treated monthly by a pain management doctor.  I continue to wait for a loved one to tell me their special person is bright and alive after months of visiting a pain management doctor.  I continue to wait for a loved one to tell me that the person they care about has a thirst for literature and not a longing for a couch and a TV day after day until the next doctor's visit.

Last week the Florida Medical Examiners report for 2009     http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/getdoc/daa6ef40-6b68-4770-b0b7-cc496a715b6b/2009-Drug-Report.aspx    indicates the growing fiasco from legal narcotics continues to grow.  Papers all across Florida reported the increase in deaths last year.  From the report:

- 5,275 (7.1% more than 2008) individuals died with one or more prescription drugs in their system.

- 2,488 (13.9% more than 2008) individuals died with at least one prescription drug in their system that was identified as the cause of death

- Oxycodone occurrences increased by 23.8% and deaths caused by Oxycodone increased by 25.9% when compared with 2008

On this coming Sunday's show the recent Examiners report will be discussed.  The biggest question this radio host will have is how the silence on the dangers of the legally distributed narcotics remains a mystery to the national conscience? 

Thousands of lives, billions of dollars and the drugs remain "safe as prescribed".